Three-dimensional magnetotelluric characterization of the Coso geothermal field

Geothermics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 369-399

  Newman, Gregory A ^a   Gasperikova, Erika ^a   Hoversten, G Michael ^b   Wannamaker, Philip E ^c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

3D magnetotellurics; Coso; Geothermal resource characterization; USA

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ACOUSTICS; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA STRUCTURES; ELECTROMAGNETISM; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; MODEL STRUCTURES; SEISMOLOGY; TELLURIC PROSPECTING;

2D INVERSION; 3-D MODELING; 3D MAGNETOTELLURICS; ACOUSTIC VELOCITIES; CALIFORNIA; COSO; COSO GEOTHERMAL; COSO GEOTHERMAL FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM); FLUID PRODUCTION; GEOELECTRIC; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; GEOTHERMAL RESOURCE CHARACTERIZATION; MAGNETOTELLURIC; NOISE INTERFERENCES; PARKFIELD; S-WAVE VELOCITIES; SHEAR VELOCITIES; SURFACE FEATURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D); TRAVEL TIME DATA; USA; WELL PRODUCTION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; INVERSE ANALYSIS; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; NOISE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CALIFORNIA; COSO GEOTHERMAL FIELD; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50249136015     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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